| Possum Trot, Kentucky | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Possum Trot |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marshall |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 348 |
| Coordinates: | 37.0056°N -88.4306°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 501168 |
Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. Possum Trot is located on U.S. Route 62 between Paducah and Calvert City in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky.
Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[1]
Robert H. Grubbs, ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.[2]